The country’s health system is ravaged, but a team of volunteer doctors visit regularly: operating on the desperate and training local medical staff.
Those who ‘shoot up’ have a higher risk of getting infected, but some progressive nations are encouraging drug users to adopt safer habits.
The buruli ulcer is considered to be a neglected tropical disease but is the third most common bacterial infection after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Researchers predict that in 2040, low-income countries will spend just $0.03 on healthcare for every dollar that high-income countries spend.
Introduce harm-reduction and HIV programmes – especially for heroin users – before it’s too late.
A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.
Bias against men with HIV is common in Mozambique, deterring many from seeking treatment.
Women said they couldn’t afford to boil water and cook, so a local inventor rolled up his sleeves.
Activists say if Roche does not drop the price of Herceptin, they will ask the health department to act.
Now the fight is on to eliminate the illness entirely – and save those still at the mercy of the mosquito.
Pets can pass on tuberculosis and you can get it from eating contaminated meat or dairy products
Nicola Plastow looks at some of the settings in which African drumming has been used to improve mental health.
The increasingly disjointed nature of life in urban slums means there’s no network of family support for mothers who want to work.
Here are three tips to help keep your scientific presentations interesting, full of life and not sleep inducing.
The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda
With its expansion to the rest Africa, the Bhekisisa health reporting team is growing.
The director of the Free Market Foundation suggests that an inquiry into private healthcare was deceptively orchestrated by the health minister.
The government has set several commendable goals but will have to improve its delivery.
The health scheme is scheduled to be functioning by 2025 but the precise costs are still not known.
Colouring-in is for adults too and brings balance, mindfulness and helps the unarty to be creative.
Health workers steal drugs that are bought by smugglers and sold to fearful "illegal" foreigners.
Breast milk may well be an elixir for premature babies. But this ‘white gold’ can be hard to find.
We’ll deliver your baby but sepsis control is your problem, say the country’s rural clinics.
A change in mind-set is required because feeding schemes alone cannot put an end to malnutrition.
Patients in the Eastern Cape’s rural areas could wait up to 29 hours for an ambulance, according to an SAHRC report released on Thursday.
Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.
According to a Unicef report, South Africa has reduced its child mortality rate from 60 deaths per every 1 000 live births in 1990 to 41 in 2015.
Migraine hits one in 10 people, resulting not only in pain but costs the world economy billions.
Research shows that the way doctors describe medical conditions can affect whether or not a patient demands antibiotics.
Community chemists say racial profiling and gated network are putting them out of business.
Boys should also be vaccinated for the Human Papillomavirus, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer, according to a report.
SA spends an enormous amount on preventative medicine but no one can tell where the failures are.